Polar Bear Huggies, from Ouwehands Zoo, gave birth to two cubs on Thursday 01 December 2011. The keeper initially saw, via camera, three little polar bears but one appeared to have already been dead at birth. The birth of the twins is very special as there are very few polar bears born alive in zoos and stay alive.

The coming months remain touch and go. If everything goes well, then mother Huggies and her young can be seen 'nose to nose' in the polar bear enclosure.